Arden's Day Blog

Arden's Day is a type I diabetes care giver blog written by author Scott Benner. Scott has been a stay-at-home dad since 2000, he is the author of the award winning parenting memoir, 'Life Is Short, Laundry Is Eternal'. Arden's Day is an honest and transparent look at life with diabetes - since 2007.

I'm proud to introduce Dancing for Diabetes as the newest sponsor of the Juicebox Podcast and I am absolutely thrilled to have the opportunity to tell you about this amazing diabetes charity.

Dancing for Diabetes has been spreading awareness through the art of dance to better educate the community, raise funds to find a cure, and inspire those with diabetes to live healthy and active lives for the past 18 years and will continue to do so until a cure is found!

Diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at 10 years old in 1999, Elizabeth Forrest was determined to not let diabetes negatively impact her life. As a direct result, Elizabeth created nonprofit organization, “Dancing for Diabetes.”

As a student in a middle school dance program in Sanford, Florida, Elizabeth was inspired to host a show to raise funds but more importantly, spread awareness. What started as a small neighborhood event quickly transformed into a large annual production and then further into a year round 501c3 nonprofit organization. In the fall of 2018, Dancing for Diabetes will produce its 18th annual show.

Year round, Dancing for Diabetes provides free dance class for kids and teens with type 1 diabetes, hosts several outreach events and programs for kids, teens and adults, and produces Touched by Type 1 – an educational and empowering conference in Orlando, Florida. To learn more, please visit: www.dancing4diabetes.com.

Toby’s T1D Tale

Please be sure to check out the newest educational app for kids from Insulet. Available in the Apple App Store now, simply search for “Toby’s T1D Tale”. In Toby’s T1D Tale, Omnipod® mascot and Podder™Toby the Turtle™ provides diabetes education to children and caregivers through stories, tips and trivia.

Follow Toby on his journey from diagnosis to management of his type 1 diabetes

Show off your skills and what you’ve learned along the way in Toby trivia sections

See how Toby and his family handle sick days and sleep overs

Choose to have Toby’s story narrated to you or read it by yourself

Please note, the app is currently only available on iPad and in the US.

Insulet (OmniPod) is a sponsor of the Juicebox Podcast. Insulet pays for their ads on the JBP but did not pay specifically for this post. I'm including it here at no charge out of gratitude for their continued patronage of the podcast.

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